what happens to your city if we go over the fiscal cliff? >> it's a real challenge for people all over my state, frankly. a lot of families in this tough economic time, seeing them having $2,000 or more on average of expenses of not enjoying tax cuts, will make a real impact. people barely making mortgage payments, falling behind on car payments this will be a difficult thing. and that will have a multiplier affect. people who don't have extra money to spend hurt the stores that that would be shopping in, the food they would be buying, so on, so forth this is a time we can't have a government that is especially republicans, holding hostage all of this country. 98% of our country. >> a negotiation. so i wouldn't -- i get are you a democrat. so you will blame it on republicans. >> democrat, republican, we saw the last time what happened we had a conflict like this around the debt ceiling debate. the debate ground on and consumer confidence dipped, the economy was hurt. credit downgraded. >> how likely it is we will have a deal? >> i am really